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August 15, 2008 11:31 AM

McCain Meets With T. Boone Pickens, Dodges Question About Anti-Obama Book

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Ryan Corsaro
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John McCain
(CBS)
From CBS News' Ryan Corsaro:

(ASPEN, COLO.) - T. Boone Pickens was waiting for John McCain in a small conference room at the Aspen Meadows Resort, where the two, according to Pickens, were going to be "talking about the Pickens plan."

"We're going to have a good visit," he added.

Pickens, a famous oilman and one of America's richest men, is now pushing a plan to drop the United States' dependence on foreign oil and focus more on alternative energies including wind and natural gas. He said it had been two years since he had last met with McCain.

McCain entered the room alongside his campaign's senior adviser Steve Schmidt and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. and greeted Pickens, who was dressed in a green blazer and tan pants with no tie.

"You're looking trim," Pickens told McCain as they engaged in some small talk. Pickens mentioned yesterday's Census article in a newspaper about how non-Hispanic whites would no longer be the majority in 2042.

"You and I won't have to worry about that," Pickens said jokingly, referring to the age of the two men.

Schmidt then shook hands with Pickens, as well as Aspen Institute CEO Walter Isaacson, who was dressed in a polo shirt and the most casual of the four. McCain insisted Isaacson stay for the meeting.

A reporter tried to ask McCain about a new anti-Obama book, to which McCain responded cryptically "gotta keep your sense of humor."

McCain staffer Brooke Buchanan then stretched her arms in front of her boss, saying "we're not doing that," and escorted reporters to the door.

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by acarponzo August 17, 2008 12:03 PM EDT
He did comment on it: "gotta keep your sense of humor." I wish Obama would show a little in his lofty campaign. Maybe humor is "above his pay grade." Check out the realtime online poll at http://www.bop-o-rama.com for a morning chuckle and a few bops. Your bops count in realtime!
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by pr_boxer August 16, 2008 8:28 PM EDT
What America can''t afford is an extension of the ruinous Bush administration.McCain is just an older more corrupt version of Bush!
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by pr_boxer August 16, 2008 8:25 PM EDT
McCain simply parrots Geo Bush''s solutions, the past 7 1/2 years have proven them to be wrong. The Republicans must go.

Pickens wants the taxpayer to finance his pet project.Developing wind power is proper and the taxpayer will probably foot the bill no matter how its done, but I really don''t like making Pickens richer!
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by Netterz August 16, 2008 7:19 PM EDT
Truth is, America can not afford Obama. He may be an extremely eloquant speaker, but that in no way qualifies him to be President. He is just another elitist Democrat, one who has been smoothed and primed by the Democratic Party to baffle and BS the American public who desperately wants some things to change. Most people seem to forget that we have been living in a Dem controlled house now for years, with President Pelosi heading the disasters we are sustaining. We need some one solid, and one who wont back down in fights that favor anything over seas, some one who puts the American People first, not a man who easily slid into favor with our known enemies.
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by badmac933 August 16, 2008 5:36 PM EDT
Wow...I just registered on this site, have read the posts on this topic, and have concluded that most posters on here are mindless idiots. I don''t have a problem with free speech, just the idiots who use it. But, even to your dismay, I''m not going away. :)
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by benighse August 16, 2008 2:21 PM EDT
MCCAIN IS RUNNING ON EMPTY: SOMEONE NEEDS TO PICK UP ON ASIAN HYBRIDS AND ELECTRIC CAR TECHNOLOGY....WHEN WILL THE U.S. JOIN THE 21ST CENTURY.....CHECK OUT STORY: Honda to Offer New Hybrid at Sub-Prius Price: Honda hopes to sell 500,000 hybrid vehicles by 2012 with the new unnamed vehicle.

The car will be priced under $20,000 and will get at least 60 miles to the gallon. The new hybrid will go on sale in 2009.

WHERE IS CHEVY....FORD....CHRYSLER....DODGE....THEY''RE STILL HOPING TO DRILL ENOUGH OIL FOR CARS THAT GET 12-15 MILES PER GALLON.....GET READY TO BE BURIED BY THE COMPETITION: MCCAIN? OBAMA? WHO''s GOING TO HELP U.S. ON HYBRIDS???? ON SOLAR??? ON WIND??? ON CONSERVATION??? MY BET IS OBAMA WILL GET IT GOING, WHILE MCCAIN WILL JUST TALK ABOUT DRILLING AS A GIMMICK. LET''S PUT OBAMA TO WORK FOR ALL AMERICA!!!
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by nevadapundit August 16, 2008 1:42 PM EDT
So McCain is working on alternative energy plans. Not much breaking news here, heard that for a while now.

nevadapundit.com
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by lordmi August 16, 2008 12:40 PM EDT
The truth is : we do NOT have as much oil resourses here to compete.
We do NOT have even enough to cover our demand.
This'' drill-drill" game is one more McWar trick, to sipport and even finance Oil companies''s development for the profit to be steady and huge , huge enough for them to enjoy that profit, pretty little to make sense in oil market.
What they want - Government financial suppost on early stages of exploration to get for us $ 0.02 price decrease or less(maybe , as others will still explore oil all over the world)in about 10 years.
Who is ready to devote his own life for these Oil Company''s profit and McWar''s bribes , that he already got for his election compaign???
WHO are YOU??????
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by wilder5121 August 16, 2008 3:04 AM EDT
T Boone Pickens...the jerk who financed the Swiftboaters who trashed John Kerry...a decorated war hero?

T Boone Pickens...the one who''s spent his life making billions driving up the price of oil...and now wants to "help" us poor Americans by making us dependent on HIM, not the Middle East...since he''s cornered the market on natural gas?

That''s who George W McCain is meeting with?

LMAO.
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by zerato-2009 August 16, 2008 2:27 AM EDT
Posted by Obama8years at 07:02 PM : Aug 15, 2008

For 2 reasons.

1. Obama is a public figure and slander has almost impossible burden to overcome

2. that obama is a Political figure and corsi pack of lies can be seen as political speech.

Obama 8 days if you had brain you would have known.
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